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COIN COUNTING MACHINE Filed April 16. 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Feb. 2, 132

CLEMENT LEE DOWNEY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO COIN COUNTING MACHINE Application filed. April 16,

My invention relates to coin counting machines of the character in which coins of various denominations can be counted and the number of coins counted can be limited and controlled by mechanism previously set by the operator, whereby the machine may be used for filling coin tubes and packages.

It is the object of my invention to provide improvements in a coin counting machine of the type shown in my Patent #1,546,014, dated July 14, 1925, and in my co-pending application Serial #654,286, filed July 27, 1923. The principle of operation of my new machine is somewhat similar to that employed in the aforementioned patent, and the mechanism consists broadly in a rotating disc which feeds coins centrifugally against a star wheel which is operatively connected with counting mechanism. The star wheel is operated by the passing coins, so that by blocking the passage of coins to the star wheel and stop ping the star wheel after a predeterm ned number of coins have been counted accurate,

filling of coin packages may be accomplished.

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It is specifically my object in a machine of this class, to provide a simplified mechanism for adjusting the machine for given sizes of coins. There are two controls in my preferred type of machine, one an annular thickness guide which prevents the coins from stacking one on another, and the other a width guide which prevents more than one coin at a time moving into engagement with the star wheel. It is my object to adjust the Q guides for both the thickness and width of various coins by the positioning of an indicating handle operative over a scale calibrated for various denominations. This, as far as I am advised, is a unique feature in a I coin counting machine.

' tion with my novel control mechanism, it is further my objectto provide mechanism which will release the machine for free counting which may be readily connected with the iimited counting device. so that an operator may accurately count coins into coin bags in 1927. Serial No. 184,353.

quantities of, forexample, five hundreds and thousands. V

The above and numerous other objects which will be mentioned in the course of the ensuing description I accomplish by that cer- 55 tain combination and arrangement'of parts of which I have illustrated a preferred embodiment.

I Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the assembly.

Figure 2 is a vertical section'taken along the line 22 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the assembly shown in Figure 1, with the counting control mechanism detached from the ma-- 65 chine. I

Figure 4: is an enlarged end elevation of the control handle for adjusting the machine to counting various coins.

Figure 4a is a detail plan view of the nut 70 for setting the machine for new, average and worn coins. v v

Figure 4b is a side elevation of the nut shown in Figure 4a.

Figure 5 is a section of the machine taken '75 along the line 55 in Figure 1, with the thickness gauge plate removed.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the counting control mechanism detached from the machine.

Figure 7 is a vertical section taken along the line 77 in Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the cam controlled blocking plates.

Figure 9 is a detail end sectional view of the control shaft showing the cams for elevating the blocking plates.

Figure 10 is a side elevation of the cams shownin Figure 9 removed from the cam shaft. 90

Figure 11 is a diagram in plan of the toothed wheel construction for tripping the coin blocking members.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of portions of the counting control mechanism.

Fig. 13 is a detail view of the latch and trigger elements showing the trigger pin engaged by the latch. Y

The machine has a frame 1 which supports the variousmechanisms of which the ma- 1 chine is composed. A rotatable disc 2 is shown having a spindle 3 which is vertically journaled in the frame of the machine. A worm gear indicated at l engages a pinion 5 mounted on a shaft 6 which extends laterally across the machine frame. A pulley 7 is secured to the end of the shaft 6, and a belt drive is shown connected with the driving pulley 8 of an electric motor indicated at 9.

The coins are disposed in a pile on the rotatable disc 2 and they are kept from being whirled oil the disc by an annular flange 10 which extends up from the frame of the machine. he annular flange 10 has an opening which allows coins to pass to the counting devices, which is indicated at 11. A gauge plate 12 is mounted for slidable movement on pins 13, and a clamp which will be hereinaft-er lSC1lb8( The plate has slots 14 which slidably engage the pins, and the plate 12. is held down by the heads of the pins 13, and thus the plate is aligned in its slidable movement. The plate 12 has a. rounded edge 15 which fills in the gap left in the flange 10, and guides the coins into the pockets in a star wheel which will be hereinafter de scribed. The purpose of the gauge 12 is to prevent more than one coin passing to the star wheel one alongside of another. It will. be obvious that when counting dimes, two dimes could pass down a delivery space if the machine had a sufliciently wide opening for a half dollar, so that some adjustment for width of coins is necessary.

In order to avoid the contingency of two coins riding one on top of the other, there is also provided an annular thickness gauge which is indicated at 16. The thickness gauge has a flanged shoulder 17 facing the disc 2 under which all coins have to pass before they can move into contact with the flange 10. The flanged shoulder 17 is inter-spaced from the flange 10 as indicated at 1'? a, so that an operator may look down at the coins being carried around on the disc and thus make sure that the disc is empty. The flange 17 is preferably also corrugated peripherally as indicated at 176 to provide additional space in which the coins may be seen from above. Heretofore to the best of my knowledge and belief, no one has provided. a disc type coin counting machine having an annular ring in which the operator could see whether or not the disc was empty. Inasmuch as coins if dumped onto the disc 2 will often ride on edge around the inner periphery of the annular plate 16, I have further found it advisable to provide the inner face of the member 16 with one or more projecting lugs such as I have indicated at 170. Such abutments tend to knock down any coins riding around on the disc edgewise.

The thickness gauge 16 is adjustable to and from the rotatable disc. On each side there are trunnion bearings 18, which seat screws naaaaas 19 having knurled heads. The shanks of the screws 19 extend through links 20. As seen in Figure 1 on the left, the link 20 is connected to a crank arm 21. The crank arm 21 is secured, as indicated at 22, on a shaft 23 which extends laterally across the machine frai. e and which has an arm 24 extending toward the delivery portion of the machine. The link 20 as indicated at the right, may be connected directly to the arm 2%, or another crank may be employed indicated at 2160. The arm has a pin :25 extended therethrough and loosely retained thereon, which may be moved into a desired position with relation to the end of the arm by the adjustment nut of a circular gauge 26. The gauge 26 as indicated in Figures 466-42), has three radial slots 26a, one of which slots normally engages pin 2% extending from the pin 25. its the slots 2664 are of different depths, the position of the pin 26?) and consequently the pin 25 may be changed sli 'htly with relation to the end of the arm 24. As all adjustment of the arm 2 is by downward pressure of the pin 25, it wil be apparent that the gauge provides a simple means of adjusting the machine for old, average and new coins. The upper end of the pin 25 which is preferably pointed as indicated at 27 rides along the under surface of a control handle 28. The control handle is pivotally mounted at 29 and is connected by means of a pin 2911 with the gauge plate 12 which lies directly beneath it. A calibrated plate 30 showing the various denominations oi, coins is disposed under a pointer 81 extended from the control handle. The movement of the control handle in a clockwise direction moves the gauge plate 12 from right to left, and diminishes the aperture 11 through which coins pass to the star wheel. At the same time the handle also controls the elevation of the thickness gauge 16 from the rotatable disc. The under surface of the control handle has graduated cam sur faces 32 which are illustrated in Figure .1-, y which the pointed end 27 of the pin 25 is moved upward y or downwardly, during the movement of the control handle 28.

In order to facilitate the adjustment of the thickness and width by means of the control handle 28, I may provide as indicat d in the drawings, a handle 32a for throwing the thickness gauge 16 out of operative p-r tion. The handle 3264 has a cam lug 32?) which when extended, as shown in Figures 2 an f3, wi lower the arm 2% so that the pin 25 will drop down out of engagement with the cam surfaces 32, of the control 28. The position of the handle 28 may then be set, l when the handle 32a is depressed, the 027) will be carried up clear of engagement with the arm 2% so that the previously set position of the control 28 will determine the position of the gauges 12 and 16.

A specific feature of my unit control that although the thickness gauge may be set to adjusted position for the different thicknesses of coins which are to be countedby means of a control which will register in a definite groove or notch, the pin 25 is adj ustable to allow for new and worn coins. It the machine is to count old and worn dimes, a normal regulation of the gauge 26 in the shallowest radial slot 26a is desirable. If, however, the machine is to be used for counting dimes which are fresh from a mint, the gauge 26 should be set in the deepest one of the slots which will slightly elevate the rela tive position of the arm 24. Thus slight variations in theaverage run of coins handled may be compensated for by a simple adjustment; As far as I am advised, no one has previously made a coin counting machine which has combined vertical and horizontal adjustability for counting coins of similar denomination but in various conditions of wear. The machine will, of course, only count coins of similar denomination, and if the coins to be counted are both new and old, itwill be usual to set the machine for the newest coins. The chief diliiculty which requires the adjustment which I have described,

however, is usually encountered shortly after the banks have put in circulation a new coinage. The thickness gauge 16 is normally held under spring tension tending to elevate the gauge away from the rotatable disc. In the machine illustrated, there are spring posts 33 which are disposed at interspaced positions about the periphery of the gauge. The spring posts are composed of pins with spring underneath them, and the gauge plate shown has ustable pins 34 which may be moved into a desired position with relation to the spring posts. The principle of operation of the counting device control is as follows: The coins are centrifugally thrown into position to be deposited in a pocket of the'star wheel, but in order to insure that the coins have enough power to throw the star wheel, a feed roller 35 is mounted so that the outer periphery of the roller will engage each coin and move the coin firmly into engagement with a pocket of the star wheel. The preferred mounting for the feed roller is as indicated. A shaft 36 carrying the roller is mounted in a ournal 37 which has flattened sides 38. The journal is set in a groove 39 in a channeled block 40. being pivotally retained therein as indicated at 4000. The journal 37 has a pin 41 extending horizontally from it, and the'pin 41 is held down resiliently by a latch-like member 42 pivotally mounted as indicated at 43 with a compression spring 44 in a tubular barrel 45 secured to the block 40, pressing downwardly in a clockwise direction as indicated in Figure 5, against the pin 41 of the journal 37. The shaft 36 is shown with a pulley 46 around which a belt 47 passes, which drives the shaft from a pulley mounted on the shaft 6. I have illustrated a belt and pulley drive, although usually I will employ a chain and sprocket drive for the shaft 36 from the drive shaft 6. With the structure as illustrated, spring compensation for the feed roller is providedwhich will enable the shaft 36 to rock at a pivot point near to the driving end of the shaft. Thus the driving end only moves a slight amount, while the'end of the shaft 36 carrying the feed roller will have sufficient movement to compensate for various thicknesses of coins to be counted.

. For holding the unit control handle in fixed position, I may provide a clamp screw in one of the guiding slots in the gauge plate 12.

As the star wheel which is indicated at 48 is rotated by engagement with the individual coins, the number of coins are counted on a counter 49 which may be of desired type, being well known in the art. A pinion 50 on the star wheel shaft 5lengages a gear 510; on the counting device. The star wheel shaft 51 extends below themachine frame' and has a'pinion 52 with the same number of teeth in it, as there are pockets 53 on the star wheel.

I have in the particular machine illustrated shown'two toothed wheels, one driven by the pinion 52 and the other by engagement with the driven wheel. Referring to Figures 3 and 11, the toothed wheel indicated at 54 has fifty teeth, and the smaller wheel shown which is indicated at '55 has forty teeth. Each advance of one notch on a star wheel pocket registers one-count on the counting mechanism in the counting device, and advances the toothed wheels each one tooth. By extending pins from the under surface of the toothed wheels at predetermined intervals,I provide means for limiting the counting of coins after a predetermined number have been counted. Other mechanism which will now be described must be disposed in such relation to the pins on the under surfaces of the toothed wheels that machine blocking mechanism is set in operation by engagement with the interspaced pins. y

In the diagram in Figure 11, the six toothed pinion is indicated at 52. The movement of the pinion is clockwise. The wheel with fifty teeth isindicated at 54 on the left, and the wheel with forty teeth is indicated at 55 on the right. By disposing a pin 56 on the wheel 54, and a pin 57 on the wheel 55,

certain'radial distances from the axes of the wheels each complete rotation of the wheels t-wo sets of pins 59 each set equi-distant from the respective axis of the toothed wheel on which the pins are mounted. Two sets of pins for the count of twenty-five and twenty are required, because regardless of the distance from the axis of the wheel since the wheels have fifty and forty teeth respectively, there would not be a pin to trip the coin blocking mechanism at twenty-five and twenty, unless there were two sets of pins for these counts on each wheel.

A trip finger, such as I use for engagement with the pins, is shown at 60 in Figure 8. There are four trip fingers indicated in Figures 3, 6 and 11, one finger 60a for tripping after fifty counts, a finger 60b for tripping after twenty-five counts, a finger 600 for tripping after twenty counts, and another finger 60d for tripping after forty counts. The trip fingers have slots 61 in them which are engaged on a shaft 62, so that the fingers may be elevated when set. For setting the trip fingers, a control shaft 63 is extended through the hollow portions 64 in the fingers, and cams 65 mounted on the control shaft 63 alternately raise and lower the fingers so that their upper ends will be in position to be engaged by one of the pins 56, 57, 58 or 59. Spring pressed arms as indicated at 65a in Figure 7, are tensioned against the lower edges of the fingers 60. The arms 6560 may be pivoted as shown at 65?) with compression springs 65c pressing against the ends opposite the fingers 60. The fingers 60 are thus normally elevated excepting when depressed by the cams 65. The control shaft 68 has a handle 66 which has a flanged portion 67 with interspaced apertures 67a therein, which register with a fixed pin extended from the machine frame, so that the machine will be locked in set position when it has once been set, unless the operator moves the handle 66, and so changes the set position. The handle 66 is spring mounted on the shaft 63, and has a slot 67 which engages a pin 68 extending from the shaft. A gear wheel 69 may be mounted on the control shaft 63, and it may further be meshed with a toothed wheel 70. The wheel 70 is mounted on a shaft 71 which carries a calibrated annular member 72. The calibration of the member 7 2 is visible from above the machine through a slot 73 in the frame.

I have found it preferable to mount the coin stopping mechanism in a separate housing 7 T indicated in Figures 6 and 7. The mechanism is assembled, and then the housing is attached to the machine frame. VJithin the housing mounted in bosses 75 is a rocking member 76. To one end of this rocking member a spring 77 is attached which tends to pull this end of the member downwardly. The rocking member has a latch 78 which ith movement of one of the fingers to the left as shown in Figure 7, disengages a trigger member 79 pivotally mounted at 7 9a, and allows the trigger to spring upward. The trigger member has pins 80 which extend up through the machine frame, and when elevated blocks the path of coins to the star wheel. The finger 6O releases the triggermember 79 as follows The upper or pointed part of the finger 60 is engaged by one of the revolving pins on either of the gear wheels 54 or 55. This engagement rocks the finger 60 and the short side of the pointed part contacts with the latch 78 which is attached to the rocking member 76. The member 76 being rocked carries the outer end of the cross bar 78 from engagement with a latch on the trigger member 79. With the release of the member 79 a spring 87 indicated in Figure 7 causes the partial rotation of the member 79.

To reset the trigger in counting position, a crank 81 is provided which as shown may be attached to a foot treadle. If desi ed the resetting crank may be extended out in front of the machine to be used directly as a manual resetting device. A portion only of the foot treadle is indicated at 82, as the particular structure of the treadle is of no importance as long as it provides means for depressing the end of the crank arm to which it is secured. The crank is mounted on a shaft 83, which has a finger 84 extending upwardly from it, which with the clockwise movement of the shaft 88 bears against the lug 85 extending upwardly from the trigger and moves the trigger back to set position with a pin 86 formed on the trigger engaged and set against the edge 86a of the latch 78. The parts mentioned are indicated in assembled position in Figure 7. The trigger has a spring 87 which tends to force the end having the coin blocking pins upwardly, so that whenever the machine is counting, the pin end of the trigger must be prevented from rising by engagement with the latch 78.

For resetting the counter, I have provided a knurled member 88 held in position by a spring detent 89, extending up from the base of the counter. When the knurled member 88 is moved to the right as shown in Figure 5, the gear 51a is moved out of mesh with the pinion 50. Both the gear 51a and the knurled member may be made in an integral piece keyed on the shaft of the counter. Thus, a simple resetting means for the counter is providecl.

The rocking member 76 is pivoted on an axis concentric with the shaft 63 and it has an upwardly projecting overhanging ledge or shoulder 78 which acts as the latch heretofore referred to. Normally the pin 86 lies underneath the shoulder 78 and the trigge 79 indicated in dotted lines in Figure 7 is thus restrained against upward movement. The trigger lies at the right of the rocker member 76 as shown in Figure 6 and the pin 86 projects laterally from the trigger member 7 9 beneath the shoulder 78. The inclined faces of the fingers 50 engage'the trigger 78 and cams the rocking member 76 counter clockwise as indicated in Figure 7 at theten mination of a count, thus releasing the trigger 79. I

The operation of the counting machine is as follows: f

A pile of coins are deposited Within the thickness gauge 16 on the rotatable disc. The machine is then set to count a desired number of coins. The handle 66 is pulled outwardly on the shaft 63 and moved so that the calibrated' annular member shows that the desired number of coins to be counted is showing in the aperture 7 3 in the casing. Suppose the machine is counting dimes and the operator desires to fill coin packages consisting of fifty dimes. The annular member is set with fifty showing through. the aperture. The movement of the control shaft 63 hasbrought the low side'of the cam under the trip finger 60a, so that trip finger 60a will remain elevated. The other trip fingers will be held down by the cams 65. The machine is then started by turning on the motor, and as each dime passes to the star wheel, the star wheel will turn the equivalent of one pocket. .When fifty coins have been counted, the pin 56 on the toothed wheel 54 will engage the trip finger 60a and cause the trip finger to move the latch 7 8 counterclockwise as shown in Figure 7. The trigger 7 9 will-thus be released and the blocking fingers 80 will rise through the casing and block further passage of coins to the star wheel, and lock the star wheel. For filling another package, the operatorpulls downwardly on the crank arm 81, and the blocking trigger is depressed and set for another counting operation.

The calibrated annular member 72, which registers the setting for various quantity counting operations, is calibrated in sequence beginning with 0 which is for free counting with all the trip fingers down and settings are provided for 20, 25, 40 and 50 counts. This feature of having an indicator'which may be moved from a zero through the" succession of counting stages in sequence, is a great aid to rapid counting work on the machine, and is enabled by the construction of cams which el vate the trip fingers not in sequence, but in such manner that first the finger for twenty counts, then the finger for twenty-five counts, then the finger for forty counts, and finally the finger forfifty counts is elevated into pin engaging positlon.

For free counting the operator may set the calibrated annular member at zero and count on the machine until such time as, for example, 450 coins have been counted, which he observes on the dials of the counter. He may then set the calibrated member 7 2 at 50 and count the remaining coins for making a lot of 500, which may be assumed to be the number of coins which he desires to place in a coin bag. It will be obvious that a control which will allow free counting, and then a controlled counting, will. aiford great facility'in counting coins, for example, at the end of the day in a bank. As far as Iam advised, this feature is, like the construction enabling the setting of the machine for various counts in ascending series, broadly new, and I claim the same broadly.

It may be remarked that in the stopping mechanism the action of which has just been described that I have provided a double insurance against coins getting through the counter. At the end of each package. count the pin Which trips the dog or trigger finger comes to a fixed stop which prevents further rotation of the star wheel. Coins could not possibly pass the star wheel after this engagement even if one of the blocking fingers should become broken off and thus allow "a In coin or coins to engage the star wheel.

machines' which operate as rapidly as this one, while it would seem hardly a matter of mechanical refinement to provide a double coin blocking mechanism, it is a feature of importance that-the accuracy is determined by more than one positive means for limiting each coin counting operation. Should a coin blocking pin wear off and not be noticeable to the operator the machine might be used forsome time without a realization that the mechanism was not properly functioning. By blocking both the coins and the star wheel such a condition is impossible.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tose'cure by Letters Patent, is i p v 1. In a coin counting machine having a rotatable disc for receiving coins to be count ed, from which coins are centrifugally projected, a fixed flanged member disposed in such relation to said disc as to control the projection of coins from said disc, said flanged member having a discharging orifice, and an annular adjustable guide for limiting the thickness of coins passing into engagement with said fixed flanged member, said annular adjustable guide being interspaced from said fixed flanged member, thereby providing an uncovered annular space revealing the surface of said rotatable disc adjacent said fixed flanged member.

o 2. In a coin counting machine having a star wheel, a' friction feed roller and a rotatable disc for receiving coins to be counted, from which coins are centrifugally projected,a fixed flanged member disposed in such relation'to said 'disc as to-control the projection of coins from said disc, said flanged member having a discharging orifice, and an adjustable guide for limiting the width of coins passing through said discharging orifice, and'an annular adjustable guide for limiting the thickness of coins passing into engagement with said fixed flanged member, and said adjustable guide and said annular guide being cooperatively connected together, and a unit control for said guides for adjusting the chine for thickness and width of coins simultaneously, and separate means for setting said thickness guide for new and worn coins of similar denominations.

8. In a coin counting machine having a star wheel, a friction feed roller and a rotatable disc from which coins to be counted are projected, an annular member having a discharging orifice surrounding said disc, and adjustable means for limiting the thickness of coins projected against said disc surrounding member, and means of varying the size of said discharging orifice, said last mentioned means operatively connected with said adjustable means, with an adjustable unit control member for controlling both said afore mentioned means and separate means for adjusting, said thickness limiting means for batches of coins of similar denomination, but of different degrees of thickness.

4. In a coin counting machine, having a star wheel, a friction feed roller and counting mechanism therein for counting batches of coins of similar denomination, a width guide and a thickness guide for controlling coins passing to said counting mechanism, said guides operatively connected together, and a unit control for adjusting both of said guides simultaneously, and separate means for adjusting said thickness guide for new and worn coins of similar denominations.

5. In a coin counting machine having counting mechanism associated therewith, means driven by coins disposed in said machine for actuating said counting mechanism, rotatable members having pins interspaced thereon, operatively connected with said means, a trigger provided with means for blocking the passage of coins to said means, tripping members selectively movable into the several paths of said pins for releasing said trigger, and a control member for moving said tripping members into positions adapted to be engaged by said pins.

6. In a coin counting machine having counting mechanism associated therewith, means driven by coins disposed in said machine for actuating said counting mecha nism, rotatable members having pins interspaced thereon, operatively connected with said means, a trigger provided with means for blocking the passage of coins to said means, tripping members selectively movable into the several paths of said pins for releasing said trigger, and a control member for moving said tripping members into positions adapted to be engaged by said pins, and a member calibrated in a regular sequence movable with said control member, and adapted to indicate set positions of said control member.

7. In a coin counting machine having saaess counting mechanism associated therewith, means driven by coins disposed in said machine for actuating said counting mechanism, rotatable members having pins interspaced thereon, operatively connected with said means, a trigger provided with means for blocking the passage of coins to said means, tripping members selectively movable into the several paths of said pins for releasing said trigger, and a control member for movin said tripping members into positions adapted to be engaged by said pins, and a member calibrated in a regular sequence movable with said control member, and adapted to indicate set positions. of said control member, said control having'at least one position for inhibiting said tripping members, thereby providing free counting of the machine.

8. In a coin counting machine having counting mechanism associated therewith, means driven by coins disposed in said machine for actuating said counting mechanism, tripping mechanism providing means for blocking the passage of coins after predetermined counting operations, and revolvable members operative in timed relation to the counting mechanism for engaging said tripping mechanism, said members having portions movable into trip engaging positions during each complete revolution thereof, said members having other portions movable into trip engagingposition more than once during each complete revolution.

9. In a coin counting machine having counting mechanism associated therewith, means driven by coins disposed in said machine for actuating said counting mechanism, tripping mechanism providing means for blocking the passage of coins after predetermined counting operations, and revolvable members operative in timed relation to the counting mechanism for engaging said tripping mechanism, said members having portions movable into trip engaging positions during each complete revolution thereof, said members having other portions movable into trip engaging position more than once during each complete revolution, and means of selectively setting said tripping mechanism havingindicating means arranged in regular sequence.

10. In a coin counting machine having counting mechanism associated therewith, means driven by coins disposed in said machine for actuating said counting mechanism, tripping mechanism providing means for blocking the passage of coins after predetermined counting operations, and revolvable members operative in timed relation to the counting mechanism for engaging said tripping mechanism, said members having portions movable into trip engaging positions during each complete revolution thereof, said members having other portions movable into trip engaging position more than once during each complete revolution, and means of selectively setting said tripping mechanism having indicating means arranged in regular sequence, said setting means having at least one position in which said tripping mechanism is inhibited.

11. In a coin counting machine, means controlling a position of free counting, and a manually movable member for adjusting said means to various limited counting positions, said means comprising a series of tripping devices, elements to be tripped and said manually movable member comprising a control shaft having a series of cams mounted thereon for selectively moving said tripping devices.

12. In a coin counting machine, means controlling a position of free counting, and a manually movable member for adjusting said means to various limited counting positions,

said means comprising a series of tripping devices, elements to be tripped and said manually movable member comprising a control shaft having a series of cams mounted thereon. for selectively moving said tripping devices, a plurality of Wheels having pins disposed in interspaced position thereon, movable in timed relation to the discharge of coins from said machine, and said tripping devices movable in to the paths of said pins.

13. In a coin counting machine, means controlling a position of free counting, and a manually movable member for adjusting said means to various limited counting positions, said means comprising a series of tripping devices, elements to be tripped and said manually movable member comprising a control shaft having a series of cams mounted thereon for selectively moving said tripping devices,

a plurality of Wheels having pins disposed in interspaced position thereon, movable in timed relation to the discharge of coins from said machine, and said tripping devices movable in to the paths of said pins, and a calibrated indicating device for indicating various positions of said control shaft, having indicia of various counts arranged in an orderly sequence.

14. In a coin counting machine having a horizontally rotatable disc for receiving coins to be counted, a star Wheel and a friction feed roller a flanged member disposed in such relation to said disc as to control the projection of coins from said disc, said flanged member having a discharging orifice, and a horizontally adjustable guide for limiting the width of coins passing through said discharging orifice, and a vertically adjustable guide for limiting the thickness of coins passing through said discharging orifice, said horizontally adjustable guide and said vertically adjustable guide being cooperatively connected together for unit control of Width and thickness of said coins simultaneously, and separate means for regulating the setting CLEMENT LEE DOWN EY. 

